The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's exposure at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. The appeal will be reconsidered after additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional documentation is needed to verify the veteran's exposure at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 2 diabetes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0418818
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Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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